You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good.

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? The answer is always creativity; the answer is always art.

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

If you had been a public figure from the time you were a toddler, if you'd had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, than maybe to you might value privacy above all else. I have given everything up there from the time that I was three-years old. That's reality show enough, don't you think?

I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have gone on - I burn out every once in a while.